republic

1a form of government in which the people or their elected representatives possess the supreme power

2a political or national unit possessing such a form of government

3a constitutional form in which the head of state is an elected or nominated president

4any community or group that resembles a political republic in that its members or elements exhibit a general equality, shared interests, etcthe republic of letters(C17: from French république, from Latin respublica literally: the public thing, from res thing + publica public)

banana republicnInformal and derogatorya small country, esp. in Central America, that is politically unstable and has an economy dominated by foreign interest, usually dependent on one export, such as bananas

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